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Jul72016

Welcome to College: The Best Days Of Your Life, Or An Experience To Recover From?

Issues, Personal ReflectionsBy The Looking Glass Foundation July 7, 2016 Leave a comment

For the past ten months, I’ve been a counsellor-intern at a college counselling center. To say it was an “education” would be an understatement. Although I’d been attending the same institution as a postgrad student for a number of years, I wasn’t really engaged in student life. It was only once I started hearing the stories and struggles of my on-campus undergraduate clients that I gained terrific (sometimes terrifying) insight into what life outside of my office looked like.

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Jun302016

Advice by Kaela: How Do I Tell My Friends and Family?

Advice by Kaela, LG CommunityBy The Looking Glass Foundation June 30, 2016 Leave a comment

Question: I have been hiding my eating disorder from my friends and family. How do I tell them that I am struggling?

Answer: Before I dive into this I do want to encourage you to acknowledge your own strength and courage. Telling people you love that you are struggling is a really important step towards recovery and I know it takes a lot of courage to be vulnerable and let people in.

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Jun232016

Taking the Leap

Personal ReflectionsBy The Looking Glass Foundation June 23, 2016

One of the most terrifying aspects of eating disorders lies in their ability to convince those struggling that there is nothing wrong with continuing to hold on to the illness. No matter how many stories circulate of heart failure, organ damage, bone loss, and fertility problems – among a myriad of other medical complications – that terrible voice weaves its lies, promising us our case will be different.

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Jun162016

Why I Do Not Comment on Weight

Issues, Personal ReflectionsBy The Looking Glass Foundation June 16, 2016

June 2nd was the first ever World Eating Disorders Action Day. On one hand, I want to be excited that such an important issue now has its own day, but on the other hand, I cannot bring myself to celebrate quite yet. Although this day will hopefully mean more activism, the fact that eating disorders have become a big enough problem to warrant their own day also means that we are not where we need to be.

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Jun92016

It’s Not Just Skin and Bones: The True Face of Eating Disorders

Issues, Personal ReflectionsBy The Looking Glass Foundation June 9, 2016

A young girl places herself strategically in front of the mirror, sideways, so that the incoming light accentuates the hollow crevices between her ribs. Her frail figure barely stays upright as she sucks deep into her diaphragm, and each protruding segment of her rib cage reminds you of the human skeletal model that hung in front of your biology classroom — limp and lifeless.

I can tell you this right now. My eating disorder never looked like this.

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Jun22016

Nine Truths About Eating Disorders

IssuesBy The Looking Glass Foundation June 2, 2016

World Eating Disorders Day promotes the “Nine Truths About Eating Disorders” – a statement of principles that aims to clarify public understanding, increase awareness, reduce stigma and demand evidence-based, comprehensive treatment for eating disorders. Although eating disorders are one of the most-discussed mental health problems in the media, the global impact of eating disorders is consistently underrepresented, and marginalized or underserved populations are left out of the conversation.

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May262016

Advice by Kaela: Will I Ever Fully Recover?

Advice by Kaela, LG CommunityBy The Looking Glass Foundation May 26, 2016 Leave a comment

Question: I have suffered from an eating disorder for years, will I ever fully recover?

Answer: I love this question largely because it is something I so strongly believe in and also because it is something that highly depends on how you define recovery...

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May192016

Say No to Perfectionism and Yes to Self Love!

Issues, Personal ReflectionsBy The Looking Glass Foundation May 19, 2016

I had an eating disorder in my late teens that has been a secret for a solid chunk of my life. I shared with a few, and very carefully selected people, that I had suffered from anorexia for a number of years. Today, my disordered years feel like a century ago, and I am very proud to say I am fully recovered. What I've accomplished from that time would completely shock my past self.

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May62016

Breaking Down the Myth of the Bikini Bod

IssuesBy The Looking Glass Foundation May 6, 2016

Type in “summer” and “body” into Google and you get pages upon pages of workout and diet plans, usually accompanied by a picture of a shimmering female abdomen (face often not included) against a beach backdrop. As soon as the weather shows any indication of warming up, we are bombarded with messages about our bodies and their "imperfections" which, according to these articles and ads, get more glaring and unacceptable during the summer.

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Apr272016

Advice by Kaela: Do Boys Get Eating Disorders Too?

Advice by Kaela, LG CommunityBy The Looking Glass Foundation April 27, 2016 Leave a comment

Question: Can boys develop an eating disorder? I think my son is making himself sick but I am not sure what to do?

Answer: Yes!

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